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Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase. 1950s Thermometric bomb: Also called a vacuum bomb, or aerosol bomb, this explosive disperses a cloud of gas or liquid. Time bomb: A bomb that is triggered by the timer. Trinitrotoluene: Commonly known as TNT. 1863 Julius Wilbrand: Germany: Unguided bomb: An air-craft dropped bomb that lacks a ...
A German World War II 1 kg incendiary bomb. Incendiary bombs were used extensively in World War II as an effective bombing weapon, often in a conjunction with high-explosive bombs. [8] Probably the most famous incendiary attacks are the bombing of Dresden and the bombing of Tokyo on 10 March 1945.
Name Composition Notes Amatol: Ammonium nitrate and TNT: Extensively used in bombs, shells, depth charges and naval mines Baronal: Barium nitrate, TNT and powdered aluminium: Baratol: Barium nitrate and TNT: Used in British hand grenades. Also used as the low velocity explosive lens in the implosion type nuclear weapon, Fat Man: Composition A
A German World War II incendiary bomb remnant. Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs. In popular usage, any act in which an incendiary device is used to initiate a fire is often described as ...
As they were very useful in China at Hankou, [9] the bombs were very effective in setting fire to Japanese civilian structures in mass firebombing raids starting in February 1945 against Kobe. [10] In the first ten days of March 1945, raids with the M69 and M47, [11] extensive damage was done to Tokyo, to Nagoya, to Osaka, and to Kobe. [12]
1.1 Fire bombs. 1.2 Smoke bombs. 1.3 ... 1.6 Cluster bomb. 2 See also. 3 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of Japanese World War II army bombs. 1 ...
Bouncing bomb (World War II British) SC250 bomb (World War II Germany) Tallboy bomb (World War II British, "earthquake bomb") Grand Slam bomb (World War II British, "earthquake" bomb) T-12 Cloud Maker (44,000 lb U.S. development of the Grand Slam bomb) Butterfly bomb; Blue Rosette (UK strategic nuclear bomb for a supersonic bomber) Red Beard ...
"Code 'Fu' [Weapon]") was an incendiary balloon weapon (風船爆弾, fūsen bakudan, lit. "balloon bomb") deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II. It consisted of a hydrogen -filled paper balloon 33 feet (10 m) in diameter, with a payload of four 11-pound (5.0 kg) incendiary devices and one 33-pound (15 kg) high ...